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GW150914: Implications for the stochastic gravitational-wave background from binary black holes
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Abbott, BP and Abbott, R and Siellez, K and Zweizig, J, LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration, GW150914: Implications for the stochastic gravitational-wave background from binary black holes, Physical Review Letters, 116, (13) Article 131102. ISSN 0031-9007 (2016) [Refereed Article]
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© 2016 American Physical Society.
DOI: doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.131102
Abstract
The LIGO detection of the gravitational wave transient GW150914, from the inspiral and merger of two black holes with masses ≳30M&odot, suggests a population of binary black holes with relatively high mass. This observation implies that the stochastic gravitational-wave background from binary black holes, created from the incoherent superposition of all the merging binaries in the Universe, could be higher than previously expected. Using the properties of GW150914, we estimate the energy density of such a background from binary black holes.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | binary black holes, gravitational waves, GW150914 |
| Research Division: | Physical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Astronomical sciences |
| Research Field: | General relativity and gravitational waves |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Siellez, K (Dr Karelle Siellez) |
| ID Code: | 152185 |
| Year Published: | 2016 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 198 |
| Deposited By: | Physics |
| Deposited On: | 2022-08-12 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-09-28 |
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